CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Governor Rauner Weighs in on Caterpillar Global Headquarters Move “It’s going to harm central Peoria and Central Illinois” – Alyssa Paldohttp://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/governor-rauner-weighs-in-on-caterpillar-global-headquarters-move/654243566— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump, who never served in the military, goes after Senate veterans. President sends string of tweets Thursday morning.” Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I am NOT A VETERAN because I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Since 1966, they have stressed a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trump-who-never-served-in-the-military-goes-after-senate-veterans/654044539— Democrats call for Conway investigation after Ivanka Trump plug Conway urged people to ‘go buy Ivanka’s stuff’ – DEIRDRE WALSH (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did not call for any kind of investigations; they just went ahead and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my partial day per diem requests in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, passed me over for promotions to GS-13, forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut to transfer between agencies, kept me off assignments in which I could contribute the most 1980-1985 and 1989-1997, passed me over for promotions to GS-14, and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. None of the aforesaid would have occurred if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/spicer-conway-has-been-counseled-after-ivanka-trump-plug/654111397

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN’S MILLIONS: HOW THE SPEAKER SELLS HIS SWAY The speaker’s law firm makes millions in the clout-heavy game of Cook County property tax appeals. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: If you own real estate and if you wanted to sell it, how much less than its assessed value would you end up selling it for?)https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigans-millions-how-the-speaker-sells-his-sway/

THE COLLEGE FIX
— Barnard College pledges to hire professors based on skin color, mandates social-justice workshops – TONI AIRAKSINEN (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/31027/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Union tells Congress: Stop focusing on bad federal workers – PETE KASPEROWICZ (DIERSEN: Of course, since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a “bad federal worker” and that is the ONLY REASON a) WHY my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) WHY my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims, and c) WHY my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.)http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/union-tells-congress-stop-focusing-on-bad-federal-workers/article/2614396

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Travel Ban Judges say temporary halt on executive order should continue – DEVLIN BARRETT and BRENT KENDALLhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-rules-against-trump-travel-ban-1486682025— Most Undocumented Immigrants Live in 20 Metro Areas In 2014, the 20 metropolitan areas with the largest undocumented population were home to 6.8 million, or 61%, of the estimated 11.1 million in the U.S. – MIRIAM JORDANhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/most-undocumented-immigrants-live-in-20-metro-areas-1486669245
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many of those cities are Democratic. Greater New York, with 1.2 million undocumented immigrants, and metropolitan Los Angeles, with one million, were home to the largest number of people in the U.S. unlawfully. They are among several major metropolitan areas with large undocumented populations, including Chicago, San Jose and Boston, whose mayors have pledged not to cooperate with federal efforts to step up immigration enforcement.)

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.
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